O'Reilly jokes that if 24 "really want[s] big ratings," they'll waterboard Garofalo

Too bad they can't grasp its simple concept that we are our own worst enemy.

$10 per second? Wow! How can Hannity resist?

You'll probably spend 20-30 dollars...fifty at the most. Nice gesture but let's get real here. You ain't coaxing Hannity out of his hole sir....even with all that big money you're willing to spend.

The little torture fantasies that seem to be running rampant in your mind are more revealing than you suspect. Let me guess, It's not the idea of water boarding you find so appalling, its that it should be those conservative Americans that you really should be tortured. Do you get a little tingle up your leg just thinking about it? You would pay money to see it, huh? Unbelievable, hypocrite.

who is she?

Yeah right. I've seen some pretty awful things in my life but never torture. That being said, I don't believe any of you (NJgirl, O'Reilly, Hannity) who signal that you would be willing to subject yourself to trauma as long as it was the nice and easy way just like terrorists received. Are you saying that the level of care given is an indication of whether or not something is torture? Just because there were doctors there doesn't make it "nice." There were doctors present when John McCain and other POW's were TORTURED in Hanoi. According to your logic, since that was the case, Sen. McCain wasn't really tortured.

Anyway, the waterboarding you would subject yourself to could not be the "same" if you knew it was being done in a controlled situation by "friendlies." Secondly, all you chickenhawks have this Hollywood inspired idea about situations like this. You have no clue about such realities but will readily indicate that you would submit yourself to realities you have no understanding of. It's not different than saying "I would have gladly stormed the beach at Normandy if I knew I wouldn't have gotten killed." That is either called hypocrisy or stupidity...(I'll go with the latter.)

The reality about you chickenhawks is this: You miss a couple of meals and proclaim to know what its like to be hungry; you read a few books, watch a few movies, listen to people, and proclaim to know about war; you are born to a relatively good middle income homes, have vacations each summer and meat for every meal, go to school grow up and get jobs and you proclaim that you "pulled yourself up by your bootstraps" without ever understanding what that really means; you buy a used car instead of a new one shop at Wal-Mart instead of Belks and proclaim to know about poverty; you watch a stupid television show about terrorists and hero's and proclaim to understand torture. Amazing and so utterly sad at the same time.

Are all girls from NJ this dumb, or just you?

Here's the differences: You would know it was just waterboarding and know you're not going to drown. You would know that you were not in the hands of the enemy, but your own country. You would know that you were going to get good care.

That's pretty tough words coming from a person who knows perfectly well he/she will never be water-boarded!

If you really want to prove your a tough guy/girl... why not go to your local media outlet and have them get in contact with pro's who know what they are doing and have them video tape your breaking like the little weasel you are, submit it here to MMfA and shows us your abilities!!

Or... stop coming in here and acting like your hot stuff!!!

Water-boarding is NOT a laughing matter and people like you are pathetic for thinking it is!

Really? You would rather be tortured and put in Gitmo than live in NJ? What the hell does that say about New Jersey?

A lot of name-calling there. Facts? Not so much.

Just an idiot that understands that labeling the average American concerned about the future of this country as a red neck racist will push the buttons of clueless, mindless, left-wing, big brother wards who are nothing more than pc cowards.

You've described the KARL ROVE strategy to a tee. Well done.

Just an idiot that understands that labeling the average American concerned about the future of this country as a red neck racist will .

You are correct, teabaggers are actually properly designated as anti-American, inbred, hick, terrorist, low-life, racist, subhuman filth.

What does Olbermann have to do with this thread? Why are you reich-wingers SO obsessed with him?

By the way, Japanese were convicted of torturing US troops following WWII for using waterboarding, dolt. Don't let facts and reality stand in the way of your stupidity.

"That being said, I'd pay to see Pelosi water-boarded....keeping in mind that if you want to see real torture, research what the Japanese did to G.I.s during WW II."

So your premise here is that the water-boarding done by Americans against alleged terrorists was/is not as intense or as inhumane as that done by the Japanese to US soldiers?

Are you stupid or something? Or just plain ignorant?

If I hold you against your will and put hundreds of paper cuts all over your body (yes, there too)... doing so until you admit to something you didn't actually do... would that not be a form of torture?

It's not as intense as water-boarding to be sure... but how many paper cuts until you finally break? Over time, you would... anyone would!

The point I'm trying to make is... water-boarding done against anyone at anytime... IS TORTURE you jerk!

You RW'ers obsession with KO reveals is effectiveness. I don;t blame you, I'd hate someone who called me out on all of my BS and revealed my hyposacy as well... at least I would if I relied on those things as the basis of my emplyment and political power.

"I'm still waiting for the day when he'll mention ANY missteps by ANYONE remotely left leaning."

I'm guessing you haven't seen any of the numerous episodes where he criticizes Obama on civil liberties issues, usually with Jonathan Turley. Yeah, it's happened. Here's a start:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30254776/

Does "Mr. President, you are wrong" count as mentioning ANY missteps by ANYONE remotely left leaning?

Why do you hate America, John? Revolution? Do you hate America that much to want to start an insurrection? Can your side not win in the civil discourse battle anymore? Yes, if your scenario broke out, I would hope those on the left would uphold those values that make America the greatest country in the world. I know I believe in due process, even in cases of treason. Torture only leads to giving you what you want to hear. Bush's Pentagon doubted that torture would work:

"The military agency that provided advice on harsh interrogation techniques for use against terrorism suspects referred to the application of extreme duress as "torture" in a July 2002 document sent to the Pentagon's chief lawyer and warned that it would produce "unreliable information."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403171.html?hpid=topnews

"There was no actionable intelligence gained from using enhanced interrogation techniques on Abu Zubaydah that wasn’t, or couldn’t have been, gained from regular tactics. In addition, I saw that using these alternative methods on other terrorists backfired on more than a few occasions — all of which are still classified. The short sightedness behind the use of these techniques ignored the unreliability of the methods, the nature of the threat, the mentality and modus operandi of the terrorists, and due process."

That's from one of the interrogators of Abu Zubaydah. He even saw the tactics backfire if you read his editorial:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/opinion/23soufan.html?_r=1

So, yes, if war were to break out because you on the right hate America so much that you will resort to committing war crimes, torture and violate international law, go ahead. Remember though, that you are violating everything that makes this country great if you engage in those tactics and prepare for bad information.

Well that's how its played out so far. Liberals want to follow the rule of law. Conservatives, not so much.

Yet another apologist for torture, which as you should know is ILLEGAL and DOESN'T WORK.

Sheesh, the brainwashing by hate radio has apparently done its job.

Well said Mr Nick. I'm as sick of these little democrat and republican cheerleaders as you are.

You sure you want to quote Churchill?

From Col. Robin Stephens, one of Churchill's top interrogators:

"Never strike a man. It is unintelligent, for the spy will give an answer to please, an answer to escape punishment. And having given a false answer, all else depends upon the false premise.”...

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/churchill-vs-cheney.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6201378.ece